NJ’s Racist, Sexist, Gun Control Claims Yet Another Victim

New Jersey’s Racist Sexist Gun Control Claims Yet Another Victim; Allen Case Screams for Passage of National Carry Reciprocity

Shaneen Allen possesses a License to Carry Firearms issued by the City of Philadelphia
Shaneen Allen possesses a License to Carry Firearms issued by the City of Philadelphia
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New Jersey – -(Ammoland.com)- Despite the fact that Shaneen Allen possesses a License to Carry Firearms issued by the City of Philadelphia…

Despite the fact that Allen has been trained in firearm safety and passed an NRA handgun safety course…

Despite the fact that Allen voluntarily presented her carry license to the police in conjunction with a routine traffic stop, as per her training…

New Jersey is doing its best to turn Shaneen Allen into a convicted felon facing a State Prison term of a minimum-mandatory 3-5 years with no chance of parole.

What heinous offense did Shaneen Allen — a hard-working single mother of two, with no prior criminal record — do to deserve such a fate? Last October, she travelled with her Pennsylvania licensed handgun loaded with lawfully purchased, low penetration self defense ammunition, into New Jersey.

That is all.

Allen never pointed the firearm at anyone, never threatened anyone, never removed the firearm from her car or even out of the purse in the backseat. Nonetheless, she is charged with unlawful possession of a handgun and unlawful possession of hollow nose bullets. Atlantic County is prosecuting her fully.

Recognizing Allen’s remarkable facts, the Atlantic County New Jersey PTI Director agreed to accept Allen into the PTI program— however, the Atlantic County Prosecutor is refusing to allow it. The PTI program would allow Allen to avoid becoming a convicted felon and serving prison time.

The Atlantic County New Jersey Prosecutor would rather see Allen serve the mandatory three (3) years in State Prison, and is pushing the matter to trial.

Due to New Jersey’s “Graves Act” firearm laws, if Allen is convicted, the lowest sentence a judge may give her must include a three (3) year prison term with no chance of parole.

Until last week, the Public Defender’s Officer represented Allen, but she has since hired the law firm of Evan F. Nappen, Attorney at Law P.C. to represent her.

When asked for a comment on the case, Evan Nappen, Esq., stated, “New Jersey has a history of racist and sexist gun laws. Women are denied the means of self-defense against larger stronger men.”

“New Jersey’s earliest gun laws banned Blacks and Indians from possessing guns. Apparently, not much has changed. End the madness. Pass the national carry reciprocity law in which gun licenses would be recognized by every state and be treated much like drivers licenses. No more innocent victims of New Jersey draconian, racist, sexist gun laws, that are out of step with the rest of America.”

Louis Nappen, Esq., of the firm, who appeared on Allen’s behalf this week in court, stated, “We will be doing everything we can to zealously represent her, but I see this sort of thing happening more and more. ”

“The ‘feel good’ legislation that turns mere possession into a “Graves Act” second-degree crime does nothing to stop true criminals and turns law-abiding citizens into felons. Ms. Allen is a prime example of this. It’s sad, and wrong.”

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jerry

I just watched some “old reruns” of the match game and family feud. On the shows they ask contestants about themselves. I was amazed to see twice, women who were either police or military stating they “enjoy shooting” as it was no big deal to the audience or host. Too bad those good ole gals weren’t teaching. We would have many fewer student deaths. It seems the elites want to put us all in harms way thru fear mongering in order to control and enslave us. That is exactly why our genius forefathers wrote the Bill of Rights. The next… Read more »

TrumpTrainProudly

This state is BULLSH*T. this is one of the top reasons we moved out of NJ and right to Texas, never to look back. I have no desire to even visit that shit hole. Also the taxes and living costs are so high, but the roads are shit. What a rip off. No rights, keep ya poor thru the ridiculous theft they call taxation there. Also too many damn liberals. So sick of that sh*t. Glad to be gone, glad to have rights once again. And it’s a plus to be around more people who respect trump as well. Fu*k… Read more »

anthrogirl

Bringing guns or pot from states where they are legal to states where they are not is a big problem. Same with certain states not honoring the legal marriage of gay couples who were married in other states. Let’s stand up for national reciprocity for pot, guns and gay marriage. Gay marriage is protected under the Constitution as are guns. Pot….well… it’s just stupid not to allow it.

jerry

Learn your history or be doomed to repeat it. All Communist and Dictatorship countries disarm their people to gain absolute control. Then they take all your property and money. Poverty, slavery, rape, murder, etc. prevail. Only the wealthy afford protection with armed escorts. Sound familiar Mr. Bloomberg?

jerry

After Heckler v. DC I can’t see how this law is not struck down in it’s entirety. Making examples of honest people is not a deterrent to crime. It IS a crime. Now she is truly a target to any opportunist and so are all women now that the word is out. Still feel safe in New Jersey?

karen

That is the worst law I ever heard of and I hate guns!
She legally got a gun.
Send her back to PA with her gun and say “you cannot bring this here maam.”
Really , is she a threat to society?

Eric

I live in Alaska – no permit carry – open carry ok , why do my Constitutional right require a “permit” to exercise my rights in other states. Don’t believe the lies your states have given you since you were born. It is all about control and the most populated states know they are taxing themselves into a revolt one way or another.

Kathleen

I live in PA – have a permit to carry – certified in basic handgun training – no criminal record…I didn’t know the law of reciprocity. There but for the grace of God go I. Let’s change the law!

Dean from PA

I live in PA and have a CCL. Why is it that when I leave PA and travel to NJ, NY, MD, DEL etc. my CCL becomes null and void? My drivers and marriage licenses are valid in every state. Call your legislators in Washington and insist that they support H.R.2959 National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013! Vote for pro gun candidates! Get involved!

helopilot

Hey people. Judges hate when it’s done. But, it only takes one person on the jury to refuse to convict because of ‘Bad Law’. Jury Nullification. Publicize this all you can in NJ. And hope like hell her counsel, Evan Nappen makes the right pre-emptory challenges. I don’t think he’s allowed to mention it in the courtroom
Best of luck to you Shaneen.

jalesa holloway

That judge need to be shot cause he or she has all timers. They let killers run free but somebody who took the correct and proper steps 100% to be able to carry a weapon sure is getting time for no reason.

Michael

Stopped for an “unsafe lane change” or stopped for being black? Christ, I’ve been driving in NJ recently and thought unsafe lane changes were mandatory??

Stephen Jaffe

A few years ago , my wife and I visited Washington DC. We stayed in Virginia, a state which allows reciprocity for out of state CHL permits. Naturally, I did not carry my pistol into DC. When we left Virgina, we decided to go to Pennsylvania and visit Gettysburg. To do this, we had to drive through Maryland. I knew Maryland is a firearms hostile state. We stopped before we crossed the state line. I unloaded my pistol,put it in a case, and place under the luggage of our car. If we had been stopped, I would not have mentioned… Read more »

Robert

New Jersey the dishonest state.
When you have criminals running the government. You shouldn’t expect anything for the honest people…..

michelle

What else can you expect from a state run by a bunch of democrats? It’s liberalism at the peak of injustice to all (except those doing the running).

David Greer

Congratulations to the officer and Liberal government officials for arresting an INNOCENT citizen.

ALL charges against Shaneen Allen should be dropped immediately.

Ken

Legal Defense Fund for Ms. Allen: https://gogetfunding.com/project/shaneen-allen-legal-defense-fund Facebook page regarding her plight: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaneen-Allen-Legal-Defense-Fund/594457397336649 Donations can be sent directly to her attorney, NJ gun rights lawyer Evan Nappen: Evan F. Nappen Attorney at Law PC 21 Throckmorton Avenue Eatontown, NJ 07724 C/O Shaneen Allen LDF Any question about the veracity of these links, look up Mr. Nappen’s office yourself and ask. I urge anyone who can help to lend assistance to this case. This young lady has two kids, works in the medical field and has done everything she could to try to do things the legal and honest way. She… Read more »

A hard working woman with children

Look bottom line is she’s a single hard working mother . Trying to protect her children and herself from real criminals.. Sending her to jail is not the answer.. Taking her away from her babies destroying her record and sanity is bul crap… She has already been through enough with this crap.. She harmed no one and simply forgot her fire arm was in her trunk until she was stopped… I have my licensed to carry from pa … No handbook is given out . No instructions… Your left to research all that on your own… With these crazies out… Read more »

me

She may as well have crossed into Mexico.
Stay out of these communist states that violate peoples civil rights, and don’t vote for Chris Christie. He is NOT a republican. He is a progressive liberal. Just look at his state. Is that the model you want for the USA?

dachu3

They should go to jury trial and push for jury nullification.
NJ constitution in article 1 section 6 states that each jury has the duty to judge the law on tge bases if it is eyhical and just. All they need is a hung jury and the law is nulified.
Obviously the graves act is unethical and unconstitutional.

Bo

Something to remember if you think police won’t ever take your guns away. Police have discretionary powers. Knowing this, the officer could have had an original thought and said to himself; “Hmm, mom with kids, lives in the free state of Pennsylvania, she has a license to carry a handgun recognized in multiple states, acknowledged the presence of a firearm when asked; maybe I should tell her to unload and secure the firearm in her trunk and return to Pennsylvania without pressing the issue?” Instead, that doesn’t happen, and an over-zealous prosecutor wants to push the issue to the full… Read more »

GMan

Wow, and I bet this same crime fighting zealot has plead away many cases involving real criminals. A law abiding citizen carrying a legal gun? So What! What is this prosecutor doing to stop real gun crimes? How many real gang members has he put away under this bogus law? I bet none, all plea deals.

Bob

I will agree the race/sex had something to do with this, if someone can show us that someone else got off for doing the same thing. Let’s face it, if the cop let her go and she went on a killing spree, people would be saying “Why did they let her go? There are laws for reasons!” etc… Allen did what she was trained to do in her permit to carry course. You have a gun in your car, an officer comes up to the car, you hand them you drivers license, and carry permit (or tell them you have… Read more »

jim

The constitution states not to infringe. !!!! and it is not posable to know the laws every where. IE all city and state.travel the nj turnpike how many cities are along that one road .If you have a CCW you have been vetted by state and fed goverment.nor can you have mase over 3/4 oz can and tasers are not alowed in nj this is crazy. AND ALL SHOULD BE LEGAL IF YOU ARE NOT A CRIMINAL.

Mike

Race has nothing to do with this. As a concealed weapon permit holder you are required to know the laws. If you do not know the law of another state concerning concealed carry, look it up. I always look up the state laws before I travel to another state.

Chris Christy

Puh-leeeeeeeeeze! Leave me out of this.

TexStan

With all of the other real issue that face New Jersey and the urban areas therein, how does local law enforcement and the County Prosecutor find time for this kind of meaningless trivial crap? How is the public good served by demonizing a law-abiding citizen and turning her into a felon? I just do not understand that inane east-coast mentality.

nichole

I didn’t see how race or sexism played a role. The only thing she really did wrong was having the gun loaded.. she was allowed to transport the gun. Had that gun been unloaded she probably would have been let go

Ryan

The NJ AG is the acting country prosecutor for Atlantic County. It sure seems like it’s Governor Christie’s AG that won’t let her get PTI and is pushing for a 3 year sentence. The same Governor who’s been pretended to be pro-gun for the last 2 years while he still hopes he has a chance at the white house. The Real Governor Christie peeks out once in a while.

Daryn

To say this law is racist and sexist makes the lawyer that provided the quote in this article the true racist and a complete idiot. Here’s another newsflash for you. PA has the SAME EXACT LAW you flipping idiot!!

With that being said, James McClain, the Atlantic County Prosecutor should drop all charges as this is stupid.

She should know the law, but it shouldnt cost her 3 years in prison.

Bob H

She made a mistake! Have you ever made one? Has the libtard, cowardly prosecutor ever made one? He’s obviously a libtard or he would be agreeing to the prosecution under the section that permits some judicial discretion and would almost certainly allow this young woman to avoid jail time. He’s a coward because he would prevent women from having the means to defend themselves. If she has a clean record and just neglected to ensure that she was in compliance with NJ carry laws, cut her a reasonable amount of slack, put her on some type of non-invasive probation (if… Read more »

Herb

If you don’t like stupid laws like this in New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, California, and elsewhere, stop voting for democrats.

If you are for Marxism and/or communism, continue voting for democrats.

pepe

Apparently, in New Jersey, hollow point bullets can go through a bullet proof vest. A detective told me that while I was being busted on false charges. I laughed at him thinking he was joking, but he was serious! I asked him where he heard that and he said everybody knows that! That’s why they’re called “cop killer bullets” in New Jersey. Seriously!

Brianna

“hollow nose bullets are not for protection ”

Are you ignorant? You always use hollow-point bullets, precisely because they are safer. Hollow-points break up on impact, which lowers the chances of shooting someone through a wall or having a bullet pass through a target to the person standing behind the target.

VT Patriot

Such a shame. A lady goes thru all the hoops to legally be able to protect herself in PA, but when she goes to NJ, she has to have a ‘no guns allowed’ sticker on her car for protection. I was born and brought up in joisey, hunted there, but wouldn’t go back for any reason. That state has become a marxist heaven. How can we help this young lady???

A. G.

I think this is a sad case… She will be prosecuted… no if ands or buts about it…Police officers and retired police officers cant carry across state lines, pretty much in the whole country.. What happened to the 1000 points of light to protect the citizens of the country…

Robert

I moved from NJ to TX and there’s such a different mentality here. I got pulled over a few days ago, presented my CHL along with my DL… got greeted with a smile and sent along with a warning.

Kenneth Waggoner

Guy’s she has all the permit she needs its called The Bill of Rights and The Second Amendment.

JC

Robby Robinson – actually she did NOT follow the letter of the law, she was not allowed to have that weapon in New Jersey and she knew it.

I don’t want to speculate too much here but I think this is a case not unlike people who speed: they do it all the time and never get caught but once they do they make a big deal about it.

Robby Robinson

GOD I hope and pray they DO take this case to trial. All they will succeed in accomplishing is showing the entire nation that NY/NJ have gone off the deep end with their draconian gun laws. This young lady followed the law to the letter by providing her CCW permit along with her license and registration and proof of insurance. Yet I strongly believe there is a nefarious motive on the part of Bloomberg and company. The motive is to turn law abiding gun owners into felons. As a felon she will no longer be eligible to carry a firearm… Read more »

Matthew

I love how someone said hollow point ammunition, is not a defense round…
That is exactly what hollow point rounds are, defense rounds. Purely designed for defense purpose. Pass that reciprocity law already.

JC

First of all, the race and gender cards being pulled is just silly. Every state has messed up laws in its history, some still do. That said, while I think the prosecutor is being a little harsh (if she is truly a first time offender), she should have known better. Everyone in Philly knows that you do not travel into NJ with a weapon. If that means you have to stop at home to drop your weapon off then that is what you do. People who live in Maryland and Virginia that can legally carry have to do the same… Read more »

Shawn Grammont

A victim of Garden State insanity.

TEX

FMJ rounds in my opinion are for punching paper at the range but can be used as a self defense round. Hollow points is what you want in your weapon for self defense. Thats the round you use to “stop the threat” !

allen

to avoid all this they should recognize all conceal carry permits from all states like drivers license to avoid all these problems for honest people.just my opinion.

Eamon

Aries – Full metal jacket rounds go straight through a target usually so they are not ideal for a defense round. The chance of your round going through the invader and hitting your neighbors house are significant with FMJ. Hollow Points transfer all their energy to the target so they do not pass through. Even a missed shot has very little chance of going through the walls of your house and into the neighbors house. So ideally your firearms should be loaded with hollow points or something designed for defense. So please stop spread the lie that hollow points were… Read more »

Rooster

Sad case indeed. However, you need to know the laws of each state you travel through. I have to conceal mine in Texas, then display it openly in NM, AZ, and when I get to Cali, I’m in trouble, because not only is it to be unloaded, and no access to the ammo and gun at same time, my mag holds too many rounds.

PavePusher

Tommy mc on July 8, 2014 at 8:01 PM said: “Bottom line is she should know the law and realize that her carry permit is not good outside of Philadelphia. So it’s her own fault. Nothing to do with race or gender just stupidity. Why do people always have to bring race to the table when they get caught doing something wrong.” Tommy, YOU are an idiot. A Philly-issued LTC is valid in ALL of Pennsylvania (it’s a STATE licence, you idjit), and carries reciprocity with numerous other states. https://www.handgunlaw.us https://www.handgunlaw.us/states/pennsylvania.pdf It should be broadcast as a required public service… Read more »

TEX

I was just about to ask that aries moron about hollow points ! As that idiot calls the hollow nose (big indicator that hes an idiot) bullets. Remington Golden Saber hollow points are in all of my handguns !